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Empower

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Empower reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,441 total reviews)
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Edmund F. Murphy III

80% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Empower has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,441 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Empower employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Aug 23, 2008

GWL is an okay place to start and get some experience, but you won't make as high a salary as other places.

It employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunities for growth and advancement are there depending on the manager. I came in to GWL out of college and was able to move up fairly quickly and received several promotions. I like that they combine sick and vacation time off into paid annual leave (PAL) if you're not sick a lot that means you can get a lot of vacation. The environment is also fairly relaxed, I was able to work from home time to time whenever necessary, but not on a regular basis.

Cons

Even though there are opportunities for advancement, the salaries are a little low. I have moved on and was able to find a much higher salary in a comparable environment. The health benefits are not acceptable and gets worse and worse every year.

2.0
Jul 7, 2008

If you want to make good money DO NOT WORK FOR GREAT WEST

401k analyst
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

The best reasons to work at Great West are the benefits. Generous time off and when it's not the "busy season" you can take vacations. Also, Great West is always offering training classes on anything from Excel to professional licenses and the company also gives a decent tuition reimbusement for business classes (5k a yr).

Cons

Great West's philosophy is to promote employees who have worked at Great West the longest, not who can do the best job. If you are a hard worker you will be rewarded by doing other employees work load which will burn you out. Great West doesn't seem to get rid of "dead weight" so the lazy employees never have to change. Also, Great West's idea of a raise is 2-4%, hardly worth it.

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